Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-03
CITY OF TULARE
An Inland Metropolis with
Unfailing Resources.
A PROSPEROUS, GROWING CITY.
Tulare City in The Front Rank
in the Way Of Internal I'M
prOvement.

of the Southern Pacific railroad, in the
upper portion of the San Joaquin valley,
23O miles north of Los Angeles, is a
prodigy of success. 1t is situated in a
broad, beautiful valley, with the snow.
clad Sierra Nevadas on the East and the
Coast Range ON the West, with Tulare
lake on the western border, stocked
with abundance of fish. 1t is III the
center of one of the richest agricultural
regions of the world. By irrigation and
by artesiau wells the county is supplied
with an abundance of water, and crops
mature quickly under fervent heat.
Tulare is yet in its infancy, but in a
few short years will astonish the world.
The town was established in 1878, but
not till it became connected with Los
Angeles and the through line system did
it begin to boom in right good earnest
The people of Tulare are progressive and
tireless. The HERALD is indebted to w.
R. Jacobs, Esq, A. H. Ham, H. Il. San
Francisco, Geo. G. Doherty, Paige and
Merton, Mr.. Kirkner, B. F. Moore and
other leading citizens for much valuable
information of this most prosperous
town. From its central position and
vast business possibilities it was selected
as a place for the machine shops of the
Southern Pacific Company. At this
point is kept a large supply of railroad
materials of every kind. Any bolt, bar,
screw, nut, coupling, frog, rail, switch.
bar, or brake, is always ready at Tulare,
where fine shops shaded by eucalyptus
are always in full blast to supply any
needed repair. The Southern Pacific
Company has also erected fine build
ing for reading rooms for ladies and gen.
tlenen, q public hall for library, with
a stage for literary, musical or dramatic
exercises free to all, and the public
spirited citizens of Tulare, not to be
behindhand in enterprise, filled the
shelves with good books of many kinds
for the benefit of the railway employees
and the public. Such an institution is
an honor to the railway company and to
the people OF Tulare.
RISING FROM ITS ASHES.
It ia well.known that the town of Tu.
lare was almost entirely destroyed by
fire in August last, all the business por.
tion being swept away in an hour, but
the brave.hearted and intelligent resi-
dents of that city were not to be con.
ouered in that way. and before the Goals
of the confagration had turned to
ashes work was begun to build new
town. but not again of wood. The
brick kilns were kindled with a fervent
heat. and in few short months not less
than 4,3OO. 900 brick were touched by
the masons' trowel. The Grand Hotel,
kept in faultless style by Mr.. Geo. c.
Doherty, was one of the first to rise
from its ashes, purified and improved by
the fiery alchemy. The rebuilding of
two and three story structures in Tulare
in place of the burned wooden editices,
ia an astopishment to all visitors. The
FIRE occurred on the 10Th of August last,
and on the 10th of February last sixty
two large substantial brick buildings
had taken the place of the burned build.
inps. while seventy two structures have
been built outside the burnt district,
and thirty.one more within that district,
showing the erection of $50 houses IN
six months. This is o sample OF the
way in which Chicago was rebuilt from
it's ashes.
OF this remarkable growth the Tulare
Reqister says: "This remarkable growth
is not without its legitimate cause. Tu'
lare is very fortunately situated. 1t is
in the center of the county and attracts
to it the trade of very large and rich
and productive country. Three years
AGO Tulare contained less than 1000
souls, On the lst of June last census
was taken and the population ascer-
tanned to be 225S. Were another cen.
sus taken now it would overrun $500
very materially.
SCHOOLS OF TULARE.
"The educational advantages offered
nv Tuiare county and Tulare City in par.
ticular are exceptionally good. A large
nercentsee of the teachers employed in
The public schools of the county are
professional teachers and all the larger
towns in the county have grade d schools
of a high order. Tulare and Hanford
have recently built $50, 900 school
houses. Traver has fine school house,
md Lemoore will soon build one, and in
addition to these score or more of new
school houses are building in different
parts of the county.
"The Tulare seminary is new ven
ture in the educational world. 1t has
received a very valuable donation of
land adjoining Tulare City upon the
southwest, and the title to this will be
perfected as soon as Tulare makes up
donation of $4,000 for building purposes.
There is no doubt but that this money
will soon be Forthcoming and the dona-
ton perfected. Already school has
commenced in a temporary, but commo.
dious and suitable building building pre-
pared for that purpose. Prof. Birmlng
ham. of New York, has the school in
charge and it is doing finely. This sem.
inary will be conducted in connection
with the University of Southern Cali
fornia at Los Angeles, and will fit pupils
for entrance into the sophomore year Of
anv first-class educational institution in
Aherica.
sSIulare City also has full comple-
snent OF churches and lodges, and so.
ciety is free and cordial. Tulare has a
fine Library Association and amusement
hall that contributes in very large de-
gree to the culture and sociability OF the
town"
MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS.
A street.railway is soon to be built to
the Seminary from the center OF Tulare
CITY. and will also extend about mile
and half in the opposite direction. As
the country is smooth and the land rich,
the whole line of the road, about three
miles in extent, will be solid city in
faw months. It is not certain whether
the motive power will be electricity or
horsepower, but probably the former, as
it is the cheapest motor known.
Tulare has two large pork.packing
establishments that do an enormous
business. Probably no portion OF the
State is better suited to hograisipg than
Tulare. 1t has also very intelligent
and useful Board of Trade, that is doing
much good, The streets of Tulare are
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